Record-setting Nor’easter
A record-setting Nor’easter storm system intensified over the eastern and northeastern US on 15 April / 16 April 2007 — this storm produced Read More
A record-setting Nor’easter storm system intensified over the eastern and northeastern US on 15 April / 16 April 2007 — this storm produced Read More
A very large and long-lived Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over Texas during the pre-dawn hours on 12 March 2007, which produced reports of tornadoes, hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter, and damaging winds up to 95 mph (SPC storm reports). AWIPS images of the GOES-12 10.7µm InfraRed (IR) channel (above; QuickTime animation) shows... Read More
A large Mesoscale Convective System formed over the Gulf of Mexico (just off the Texas coast) on 15 October, and this convection exhibited some very cold cloud top temperatures on AWIPS images of IR window channel data (above) — IR brightness temperatures... Read More
Subtropical moisture associated with weakening Hurricane John began to spread northward into the desert southwest, which was well depicted on AWIPS imagery of the GOES sounder total precipitable water (PW) derived product (below, left). This surge of moisture (QuickTime animation) prompted... Read More